nuclear capability

idiom

: nuclear weapons
The country does not have nuclear capability.

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Trump has previously been vocal about preventing Iran from reaching nuclear capability. Spriha Srivastava, CNBC, 22 June 2025 But Gabbard’s warnings predated Trump’s current interest in the Netanyahu-centric view of Iranian nuclear capability — a view that US intelligence officials don’t quite share. David Weigel, semafor.com, 18 June 2025 Israeli officials and Iranian journalists on the ground confirmed there were evacuation warnings issued for that part of Tehran ahead of the strikes, which come on the fourth day of an Israeli offensive across Iran in response to intelligence that warned of Iran’s increasing nuclear capability. Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 16 June 2025 The growth of a truly independent European nuclear capability would be another unwelcome symptom of America ceding its influence in the world. Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for nuclear capability

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“Nuclear capability.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuclear%20capability. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.

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